Editing Gender studies (section)

=== Government attitudes ===
[[File:Pikieta modlitewna przeciwników ideologii geneder na placu Zbawiciela 01.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|Picketing against "[[gender ideology]]" in Warsaw, 2014]]
In Central and Eastern Europe, [[anti-gender movement]]s are on the rise, especially in [[Hungary]], [[Poland]], and [[Russia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-conversation-global/how-hungary-and-poland-ha_b_12486148.html|title=How Hungary and Poland have silenced women and stifled human rights|last=Global|first=The Conversation|date=2016-10-14|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Anti-Gender Movements on the Rise?|url=https://pl.boell.org/sites/default/files/anti-gender-movements-on-the-rise.pdf|journal=Publication Series on Democracy|volume=38}}</ref>

==== Russia ====
In Russia, gender studies is currently tolerated; however, state-supported practices follow the traditional gender perspectives of those in power. The law related to prosecuting and sentencing domestic violence, for instance, was greatly limited in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/09/putins-war-on-women/|title=Putin's War on Women|last=Ferris-Rotman|first=Amie|website=Foreign Policy|language=en|access-date=2018-10-31}}</ref> Since 2010, the Russian government has also been leading a campaign at the [[United Nations Human Rights Council|UNHRC]] to recognise Russian "[[traditional values]]" as a legitimate consideration in human rights protection and promotion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/gender/2018/01/15/traditional-values-for-the-99-the-new-gender-ideology-in-russia/|title='Traditional values' for the 99%? The new gender ideology in Russia|date=2018-01-15|work=Engenderings|access-date=2018-10-31|language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Hungary ====
Gender studies programs were banned in Hungary in October 2018. In a statement released by Hungarian Prime Minister [[Viktor Orbán]]'s office, a spokesperson stated that "The government's standpoint is that people are born either male or female, and we do not consider it acceptable for us to talk about socially constructed genders rather than biological sexes." The ban has attracted criticism from several European universities which offer the program, among them the Budapest-based [[Central European University]], whose charter was revoked by the government, and is widely seen as part of the [[Fidesz|Hungarian ruling party]]'s move away from democratic principles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hungary-bans-gender-studies-programmes-viktor-orban-central-european-university-budapest-a8599796.html|title=Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban bans gender studies programmes|last=Oppenheim|first=Maya|date=2018-10-24|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-10-17|language=en-UK}}</ref>

==== China ====
The [[Central People's Government]] supports studies of gender and social development of gender in history and practices that lead to gender equality. Citing [[Mao Zedong]]'s philosophy, "Women hold up half the sky", this may be seen as continuation of equality of men and women introduced as part of [[Cultural Revolution]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/20/china-voices-lu-ying|title=China voices: the professor of gender studies|last=Branigan|first=Tania|date=2009-05-20|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-10-31}}</ref>

==== Romania ====
The [[Romanian Senate]] approved by broad majority in June 2020 an update of National Education Law that would ban theories and opinions on gender identity according to which gender is a separate concept from biological sex.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tidey|first=Alice|date=2020-06-17|title='Back to the Middle Ages': Outrage in Romania over gender studies ban|url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/06/17/romania-gender-studies-ban-students-slam-new-law-as-going-back-to-the-middle-ages|access-date=2020-06-18|website=[[Euronews]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Raport Suplimentar |url=https://www.senat.ro/legis/PDF/2020/20L087S1.PDF |website=[[Senate of Romania]]}}</ref> In December 2020, the [[Constitutional Court of Romania]] overturned the ban; earlier, President [[Klaus Iohannis]] had challenged the bill.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 December 2020|title=Romanian top court overturns ban on gender identity studies|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-romania-lgbt-rights-idUSKBN28Q2NF|access-date=1 October 2021|website=[[Reuters]]|language=en}}</ref>

==== United States ====

The [[United States]] currently allows academic institutions to offer courses in gender and sexuality studies, [[women's studies]], [[feminist studies]], [[queer studies]] and [[LGBT studies]]. Institutions that offer such courses include [[Harvard University|Harvard]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality {{!}} Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality |url=https://wgs.fas.harvard.edu/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=wgs.fas.harvard.edu}}</ref> [[Stanford University|Stanford]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies |url=https://feminist.stanford.edu/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=feminist.stanford.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[University of Southern California|USC]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=USC GSS |url=https://dornsife.usc.edu/genderstudies/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Gender and Sexuality Studies |language=en-US}}</ref> [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=UCLA Gender Studies |url=https://gender.ucla.edu/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Gender Studies |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Lehigh University]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies {{!}} Interdisciplinary Programs |url=https://programs.cas.lehigh.edu/wgss |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=programs.cas.lehigh.edu}}</ref> and [[Lafayette College]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's and Gender Studies · Lafayette College |url=https://wgs.lafayette.edu/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=wgs.lafayette.edu}}</ref>

Donald Trump issued [[Executive Order 14168]] during his [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|second presidency]], which called for, among other things, "end[ing] the Federal funding of gender ideology."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-21 |title=Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}</ref>